tommy bar en · NOUN
Meanings
- A cylindrical iron or steel bar used as a lever. ▸ A short bar put through the hole in a socket spanner or box spanner to provide leverage.
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A cylindrical iron or steel bar used as a lever. ▸ A bar used to loosen or tighten some types of chucks and tool holders on machine tools such as lathes or milling machines.
A set of two tommy bars is the standard tooling for the spindle nose threads of some minilathes and minimills.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tommy bars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
jimmy (hooked bars, differentiated from tommy bars) · crowbar (hooked bars, differentiated from tommy bars) · T-handle (tool containing an integral tommy bar) · pin spanner (tool involving an analogous male cylindrical portion) · prybar (hooked bars, differentiated from tommy bars)
Synonyms
Translations (2)
el αξονίσκος (short bar) · nl kruk (short bar)